Police Court
In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, S.M., James Brady, against whom their were nine previous convictions for drunkenness,…
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Courts & crime, 1917
909 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 3 of 46
War Pensions Magistrate Appointed. Melbourne
It was announced by the Federal Treasurer (Mr. A. Poynton) yesterday that the Rev. John Claude M'Phee, formerly Presbyterian chaplain with the…
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George Miller (43), described as a bootmaker, was charged before Mr H. Giles Shaw, S.M., in the Police Court this morning with having stolen £3 10/…
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In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, S.M., Ernest Edward Gillespie, alias James Edwards, (28), a laborer was charged that, on…
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The bellicose spirit which animated counsel for the prosecution (Mr. W. G. Manchester) and for the defence (Mr. M. Lazarus) respectively during the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Not a Case of Suicide. Police, Doctors, and Ambulance. Fruitless Journey to the Proprietary Paddock
At about 8 o'clock on Saturday night an urgent telephone call was sent to the police to the effect that a man had committed suicide in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Charge of Stealing. Sum of £742 Involved
A Sydney message in the "Advertiser" says;—"At the central police court on Thursday, Albert Morrow (41) was charged with having stolen postage and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In Australia. Court-martial Sentences Reduced
The special committee appointed by the Federal Government to review sentences passed by courts-martial abroad upon soldiers of the A.I.F…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Liquor Prosecutions. Adelaide Publicans Fined[?] Police Methods Attacked. Adelaide
W. F. G. Lean[?] licensee of the Sturt Hotel, was charged in the Police Court to-day with unlawfully supplying liquor after hours on December 21,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Case of Theft. Sentence of Six Months' Gaol
George Miller, a new arrival to Broken Hill, was this morning in the Police Court before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, S.M., charged with having, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Australia. an Adelaide Burglary. Adelaide
A burglary was perpetrated at the residence of Mr. Alfred T. Scarfe at Medindie on Monday night. Mr. Scarfe was absent for a few days, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Theft From a Jeweller's Shop. Sydney
A message from Orange reports that the window of a local jeweller, Mr. L. Schmidt, was broken early on Sunday morning, and two trays of rings,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Imperial Service Order. Awards to State Police
As cabled to "The Miner" a few days ago, several members of the New South Wales Police Force have been awarded the Imperial Service Medal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Licensing Court. Applications for Renewals. a License Cancelled
In the Licensing Court to-day, before Meeers. H. Giles Shaw. S.M., and G. C. Bowen, L.M., Royal Exchange Hotel…
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As the result of a police raid on a shop in Elizabeth-street, city, one man was fined £100 and seven others were fined £5 each on Gambling House Act…
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In the Police Court to-day, before: Mr. H. Giles Shaw, S.M., John Stead (67), who had 51 previous convictions, was charged with having been found…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Theft of a Bank Passbook. Adelaide
A tew days ago the Detective Office in Adelaide received information that while Norman Matthews was working at Port Pirie in December his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sudden Death of Inspector Bushell. in Charge of South Australian Mounted Police. Adelaide
Inspector Henry Bushell, who had been in charge of the mounted South Australian police force, with headpuarters at the North Terrace Barracks,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dispute Over a Camel. Case Before the Court
In the Small Debts Court this morning, before Mr. H. Giles Shaw, S.M., Kodoran proceeded against Mulla Ahmed for the recovery of £38 8/,…
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In the Police Court this morning, before Mr. H. Giles. Shaw. S.M., Kate Keough, against whom there was one previous conviction, was fined 10/—in…
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